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Cuajete
Well done.
Congrats!

Austin LAI
Hello Denis,
How did you bend the nose fuselage parts? You did this job beautiful.

Denis Dogadov
Hello Austin!
The whole construction process is here-
karopka.ru/forum/forum259/topic28523/

Austin LAI
Hello Denis,
There is a decal with Russian words "HAGAPOBCHNN KOMCOMOA" on my model. Could you tell me the meaning?

Denis Dogadov
Hello Austin!
The inscription on the plane-"Хабаровский комсомол" (Khabarovsk Komsomol) it means that the plane was built with money raised by young residents of the city of Khabarovsk.
Komsomol is an organization of young communists in the USSR.
Several such aircraft were built, so the inscriptions could be different.
I do not know how to insert a photo into this message, so I will insert it into a photo album, then delete it.

Austin LAI
Thank you for your explanation in detail.

Austin LAI
Dear Denis,
There is a big bomb in 1st photo. It is also included with in the model kit. What is that bomb? FAB2000 or 2500?

Mr D
Nice craft, the extra detail work paid off.
Really like the Soviet belly blue 👍👍
Well done 👌😁

Denis Dogadov
Hello Austin!
I like your willingness to figure things out.
It's not a bomb, it's an aviation naval mine. It is very well made in this set.
I think no one else makes her model.

You can read about the mine here-
allmines.net/catalog/russia/mines/amg/
There will be more questions, please contact us!

Austin LAI
Thank you for your high quality information.

Hovercraft
Грандиозная работа по перепилу старого набора

Skyhiker
What paint did you use for the blue? You did a super job.

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Looks like a tuk tuk, anyways its really nice to see you on another project. Im excited to see the fuck ups and final result. Hope your misses doesn't mind you being in love with another woman 😄

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

gorby
Welcome Kesa & Robert. 🙂
Kesa Mrs Gorby is used to my plastic passion obsessions. 😄
And yes it does look a bit like a tuk tuk. Incidentally there have been a couple of screw up so far but obviously I won't be telling everyone as I want to make it look like I know what I'm doing. 🙂

Spanjaard
certainly joining this new gorby's strange subject being created 🙂

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Another interesting one 😃👍
Nice project, they used 3wheel trucks like these at Cadburys factory as they need tighter turning circles round the plant.

gorby
Glad you're tagging along Mr D.
Their turning circle was one of the reasons they where so successful. Do you have any association with Cadburys - other than eating their products of course. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Remember these trundling down Zetland Road and Linthorpe Road from the train station. BR and their parcel/freight division use to operate them.

gorby
Hi Mark, apparently British Rail was the main user of these things.

bughunter
That will be another session of scratch modeling of famous (with 30,000 it must be famous) British cars 👍 So ugly that they begin to be beautiful.

gorby
Hi Frank, they certainly are famous in Britland...although probably only with men of a certain age. 😄

Mr D
Hi Gorby...No just eating 😂 l live not far from factory n seen documentary on it too.
Like the project 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D.
Been on their factory tour, as a chocoholic it was wonderful. 🙂

Alex K
One interesting thing to have in mind is that Gorby set to build the ancient 1962 tool of the Scarab and scratch the Mechanical Horse precisely when there appeared recent (and immeasurably better, as for the Scarab - I guess) 3d-printed 1:72 kits of both the Scarab and the French relatives of the MH (i.e. FAR tractors)... But that's Gorby (much to our delight!) 👍

gorby
THERE'S 3D PRINTED KITS!!!??? 😄 😄
I'd be too tight to buy them anyway.
I'm about a month into the build so far and quite enjoying it....mostly.

Alex K
We know you would enjoy this - and we enjoy too... Plus: if you are going to turn the Scarab into a wrecker / recovery vehicle (!!!)... extra joy. Very Gorby-esque work! 👍 👍

gorby
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

Mr D
"Would you like some parts with that Flash sir" 😂
I know you will pull a great job out of it Gorby 😀👍

Jan Peters
Following this masochistic exercise 😄
The tow truck you fell in love with, was it used to tow Reliant Robins?

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

gorby
Good grief, I appear to have attracted a crowd. 😳
I didn't realise the Robin was globally infamous. That would be a great idea Jan if I can find a cheapish 1/76 one. 😄
Thanks all for taking an interest. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat. The nasties the kit, the more Gorby likes it… I'll forgo spelling out the logical conclusion from this. 😄 😄 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Welcome to the show Alec. I have some nice kits in my mini stash, for some reason they keep being overlooked. Maybe I choose kits which make scratch-building feel like an easier option. 😄

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

gorby
Thanks mates....as usual I'm playing catch-up with the build report.
(I'll let you into a secret. I don't start the report until I have a very good idea that things might work out. If I'd completely screwed up - you'd never know about it.) 😳

Mr D
🤣🤣 prevention better than cure 😜
Where about in the UK were they produced ?
I vaguely remember the 3 wheel electric milk floats as a kid.

gorby
I think they were built at Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford.
In fact there is now a road in the area called Scammell Way.
Typical of Britain, close the factory and name a new road after it to remind us that we used to actually make stuff. 🙁

bughunter
Your 'secret' is a good idea: start a build report lately not only shows a success, but also makes the build look quick! Must copy this idea 😉

gorby
😄
The one down side is that as I only do one project at a time it looks like I'm doing bugger all for about a month. 😄

Alec K
Gorby, I follow the same strategy with build reports. Trouble is, I eventually catch up and then snail-pace it to the finish…

gorby
😄

Alex K
Fabulous work going on (as it was to be expected)...

gorby
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

Jan Peters
What a load of rubbish, in a good way that is 🙂

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Lex Jassies
Nice to see this kit. Build the Scammel Scarab as a youngster from Airfix. And looking at the sprues I would say these are from the the former Airfix kit.
Have fun building it 😉

Alec K
Great progress and entertaining narrative 🙂. The trailer wheels turned out nice, I can't imagine making something like that. Just curious: why not make one and cast a copy (I think you have done that in the past)? Or does this have to do with that logical thing…

gorby
Thanks for the comment mates. 🙂
Lex: Yes this is from the old Airfix kit. Quite enjoying the build so far - although that's probably because most of the build is scratch work. 😄
Alec: Typically the trailer wheels look like a different size to the other wheels in the kit which is why I had to cobble something together rather than cast them. I've been meaning to try and scratch wheels for a while so it was also a bit of an experiment. Hopefully future ones will be better.

Michael Kohl
Love the subject and the build. Not really knowing what I'm talking about I'd say it's as british as british can be

gorby
Thanks Michael. You're quite right, they are as quirkily British as it's possible to be and unlike most quirky British vehicles these were a actually successful. 🙂

Mr D
Like what you have done so far, good thinking on utilising items , l always look at a item before l throw it away to see if it could be useful.
My fire extinguisher handle was just offcuts laying in my scrap tub., ps it finished now will photo tomorrow.
Your right...a MC Donald's or frozen pizza box would be bit out of place 🤣 Fire ash, tin cans, spud peel n bit of dog poo most likely 😄.
Quite rewarding the scratch build l imagine.
Looking good 👍👍

Michael Schubert
Looks like I'm a bit late to the party, but pulling up a chair way in the back to follow along 🤣 looks like a fun little project

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
I have to fight against an inherited hoarding gene, so it's a bit of a fine line I have to walk with saving odd and sods for scratching.
At the moment it's very enjoyable project. It's helping to keep my grey matter from seizing up completely, working out how to make something from a pile of bits.

Jennifer Franklin
I am pulling up a seat. I can't wait to see what you do with the scratch building of an I beam.

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully I'l show more work soon. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Really creative way to make rubbish. Im honestly surprised at how well you can DIY and scratch stuff, top notch stuff. Either way the progress is nice.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what operation did your missus go through? Having to administer blood thinners sounds pretty serious.

gorby
Thanks Kesa. 🙂
Mrs Gorby had a hip replacement op. Normally she'd just need medication for the blood thinning but fortunately for my scratch-building junk pile, they thought injections would be better.
Okay, that makes me sound like a bad person. 😄

shadowlight
Not at all... you are aware of your "waste footprint" ^^

Kesa Tiho
Gotta agree with shadowlight. Your not a bad person 🙂. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite games: "I'm not an angel, but when you see Trevor your gonna swear I am one." Except It's "I'm not an angel, but when you see Kesa your gonna swear I am one." 😄

Mr D
@ Kesa
GTA-5 by any chance Kesa ??
Interesting build this one ... good to follow.
Did you have any 3wheel vehicles in your part of the world ?
👍😄

Kesa Tiho
Yeah Mr D! Do you play the game?

Mr D
Kesa ...l have played it,
I like retro gaming mostly now👍

Mark Sherwood
Holy Chewbacca on a bagel. Who's, who?

Kesa Tiho
I like the exhaust (yeah i know, a half assed comment) but good god I have never seen a more perfect card... ever.... Truly a masterpiece gifted to us from the scratch building god 😄

gorby
Progress has been slow. I have a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so everything slows down including brain and enthusiasm. Particularly enthusiasm. It's the part of the year I have more difficulty working out how to make parts and usually the first or second attempts end in disaster before something passable emerges.
Perhaps I should drum into myself "Must do KITS in the winter…. Must do KITS in the winter..."

Alec K
Sounds like a road trip to southern Spain is in order. 😊

gorby
😄 😄 😄
I'll see if I can work up some enthusiasm for that. 😉

Mr D
Great work and like the updates, taking shape well now.😃👍

Jan Peters
You're on a roll now Gorby!

gorby
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
The second attempt on the engine cover looks nice!

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. 👍
It almost certainly isn't accurate but I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 🙂

Rui S
Excellent scratch work, as usual 👍

gorby
Thanks Rui. 🙂

Spanjaard
that jib is just AWESOME!!! amazing job my friend, amazing.

gorby
Wow, thank you Spanjaard! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Spanjaard! AWESOME!

bughunter
Luckily this dusty work in between didn't kill you (even if the mask looks like it tried hard), so now we see new marvellous scratch work 👍

gorby
Thanks Robert and Frank. 🙂
It was quite a good mask Frank, it's now black on the outside but completely white inside. Mind you my entire workshop* is completely covered in a fine black dust which I haven't had the enthusiasm to clean up yet. Maybe tomorrow.....or the day after. 😄

* I call my workshop 'The Hutch'. I'm a veggie, which means I eat rabbit food, therefor.... 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
The trailer looks great 👍 pulling of some nice scratch work 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin
Learning a tonne about scratch work, thanks for all the details. Everything looks amazing.

Alec K
Wow, impressive scratchbuilding. I love it. Nice to see you do something useful once in a while… 😂😂😂

Jan Peters
I agree, quite impressive scratch building.

Michael Kohl
As expected a joy to follow.

gorby
Thanks very much everyone for your nice comments.
I must admit that this part of the build was more irritating than enjoyable, although having said that it was certainly preferable to 'Useful work'. 🙂

Mr D
Thought I'd pop n see how Gorby is getting on with his scratch building 👀.
Very nice... Great job on the Jib 👏 very skillful to pull this build off the way you have.
Pleasure to follow 😀👍

Stefan Schacht
very nice, I take a seat.

Jan Peters
After the labour of love you did for your daughter, which of course isn't a chore being the loving dad you are, it's back to the salt mines to get some real hard work done 😀
That's some great scratch building on the jib, and the
Scammell is really looking the part.

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Hopefully there should be another update in the next couple of days.

Marko
It's great what's being created again - the kit base seems to be a challenge.
Good succeed!

gorby
Thanks Marko.
Of the two builds, I'm finding the kit conversion (the Scarab) to be more of a challenge than the full scratch-build (The Mechanical Horse & trailer) which isn't what I was expecting at all.

gorby
Still progressing slooooowly. These tiny 1/76 bits seem to take longer to make than they do in larger scales. 1/48 feels huge in comparison and 1/35 would probably blow my mind.
This update means the Mechanical Horse is now complete, yaaaaaayyyy. 🙂
Eeeerm, except the tiresome colouring-in bit of course. 🙁

Spanjaard
looks great as it is!!

David Taylor
I had a brush very similar to that one.Had it for twenty years,changed the head a few times and the handle thrice.LOL.

Mr D
Trigger has got his broom 😉
Great 👍

bughunter
gorby, your pic 73 reminds me an old joke:
A drunk man comes home and his wife is waiting for him with a broom. He asks her: "Do you want to clean or are you going to fly off again?"
Nice scratch work again 👍

Robert Podkoński
This is simply the master-class scratch work tutorial. Chapeau bas!

Jan Peters
Small scale scratch building at its best 🫡

gorby
Wow, thanks very much for the comments mates. 🙂

Alec K
You managed some magic with this build (y )

gorby
Thanks very much Alec. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Really fine stuff

Mark Sherwood
True about the binmen, pick a metal bin off the floor to their back, everything was in it. No recycling back then. By the way that's a rather fetching brush ( Erm, Boom, Boom)

gorby
Thanks Michael & Mark. 🙂

Mr D
Gets better every time 👏, the old bin wagon used to have a storage bucket on the side... remember they had brooms n couple shovels...for when the stuff fell everywhere,
I remember they used to come round the back of the house open the gate "which they never closed" and Cary the old black rubber type bin on there back, they used to hopp on the side of the wagon between streets " Before Health n safety 🤣" most bin-men were on the sick with bad backs before 50.
Remember the heavy rubber lids that said "No Hot Ashes"
No faffing getting it built 🤣 famous word's.
Great work so far 😀👍

Dave Flitton
Another Gorby Masterpiece.

Jennifer Franklin
Gorby this is a little mind-blowing the things that you can do.

Mark Sherwood
A funny thing happened to me the other day, this duck said. . . . . . . . . . . . .

gorby
Thanks very much for your comments mates. 🙂
Mr D: I'm old enough to remember the predecessor to the black plastic bins, the galvanised steel ones – the ones which rusted and sometimes when they were picked up the bottom fell out. Thankfully they were replaced before I started to work nights because bin day used to be a very noisy business. 😄
Thanks to everyone again. 👍

Daniel H
Such an interesting subject. I'm enjoying both your writing *and* watching the build. 🙂

Jan Peters
I was just about to write the same, love the humorous comments to the updates Gorby

gorby
Thanks very much Daniel & Jan. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
We all love Gorby's works and narrations, as it seems!

gorby
Thanks Robert...you'll make me blush. 😳
🙂

Spanjaard
fully agree with Robert!! 🙂

gorby
Thanks mate. 🙂

Alec K
Aye aye, I think Gorby may have missed his true calling 😉

I love the garbage collection nostalgia. I got the feel for the British variety from Mr. Bean. 😄

Mark Sherwood
@Alec K. Try the Dustbinmen, you can get episode's on You Tube. A late sixties, early-ish seventies sit com. The cart was nicknamed Thunderbird 3. I think it was written by Jack Rosenthal , which I think he wrote London's Burning too.

Bas Tonn
Hmmm... what iis this? Strange, unusual, I like it. Will have to check it out.

gorby
Thanks for the nice comments mates.
Alec: When I left school in the late 70's there wasn't much call for someone who talked rubbish in Coventry. The politicians were mostly in London. 😄
Mark: I've never head of that programme.
Bas: welcome to the oddness. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Gorby: Based in Manchester cast of characters included Heavy Breathing, Cheese and Egg, Winston and Eric. Cheese and egg was the gaffer of No.3 Gang, Heavy Breathing the lothario, Winston fervent Man City fan and Eric who was Welsh.

David Taylor
May I humbly bow to the king of faff.LOL

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Oh, dear I'm not sure I can keep up the same standard of utter drivel. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Two buttons and a milk token , surely a man of affluence. Very nice scratch building Gorby.

Ben M
Gorby can set up a side business making buttons.

Michael Schubert
Apart from the amazing scratch building going on, i think the commentary near takes the cake, i check in every day for further updates and have a really good chuckle after work..really brightens my day, thanks @gorby!

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks all. I think my button business might struggle with two buttons per hour. Mind you, they're hand-made….Etsy here I come. 🙂
Michael: I can't guarantee the quality of my prattling but it's nice to hear my own flavour of odd is appreciated. Also, I like your little furry friend (No that ISN'T a euphemism 😄 ).
Although progress has been slow there was a bit of a boost yesterday and I'm hoping that something (hopefully not the kitchen) will get painted by next weekend. 😮
Now that's jinxed it hasn't it.

Mr D
A Wheely good job 🫣 , They would say it was a visual obstruction now days.
Keeping to the photos nicely 👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 👍

gorby
I'm slowly getting the the finish line. Someone pointed out this nice video about the Scarab which shows what a game changer it was (why does everything on YouTube have to claim it's a 'GAME CHANGER!!!!!' and when you watch it seems they've only found the cure for insomnia.).
Youtube Video

Robert Podkoński
These details you've made from scratch are simply unbelievably awesome... I suppose I should buy the same glasses (photo #99 😉

Alec K
Nice magnifiers! I have been using an optivisior in conjunction with 3+ magnification readers for years. The trick is not to let anyone see you wearing that. What magnification is that Amazon find you are sporting?

Jan Peters
Watching in awe, yet again. Really enjoying the ride Gorby 😀
Oh, and warm beer is an awful nightmare to us savage continentals 🍻

gorby
It isn't the first time I've used magnifying glasses but these are a GAME CHANGER!!! 😄
Alec: I usually use the 3X magnification although these do go up to 5X – which may take some getting used to as it's like being drunk without any of the pleasure. 🙂
Jan: Obviously non Brits have to chill their beer to hide the flavour. 😉

Thanks all for taking the time to comment mates. 👍

Ben M
I went to Zenni optical website and got on the online chat. Told the person I wanted glasses with my short distance correction for doing close up intricate work with +2 magnification. He helped me adjust my prescription to this and they made me a set for $35 that are an amazing help.

Spanjaard
that seems a great idea Ben. gorby, those details are truly stunning.....

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Ben: The new eyes cost me £35. The built in LED light is a revelation as much as the better vision. The old mag glasses had a light but the extra batteries made it too heavy and very uncomfortable to wear so I didn't put batteries in it. The new one has a rechargeable battery built in which make it much more comfortable. Which is just as well as I need it for about 90% of my modelling now.

Mr D
Better...got to have the tools , project looking great 👍👍

gorby
Sorry about my tardiness in updating this album, blame my daughter. I keep telling her I've retired and should be leading a life of leisure but that apparently means nothing to daughters. I can't hold her entirely to account as I've been pruning a tree this morning. I can be a bit, errm, lets say "vigorous" when it comes to pruning. The trees probably think of it more as a near-death experience 😳 . Is attempted arborecide a thing?
Aaaannnnyyyway, the fun is over. Now it's time to suffer. Yes I've arrived at the colouring-in bit where I traditionally snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 🙁

Jan Peters
Great job on the colouring and marking Gorby.
The captions to the pictures make it an even more enjoyable experience 😄

gorby
Thanks very much Jan. 🙂

Alex K
No need to apologize, dear Gorby, the Feb 22 update was something worthy for us in the gallery to wait for... 👍 👍

Mark Sherwood
That's why I sent my Daughter to Canada.

gorby
I think Mrs Gorby wouldn't be impressed if I sent our daughter to a different continent so I could spend more time playing with plastic. Might be worth considering though. 😄
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Alex and Mark. 🙂

Alec K
😂🤣😂👍

Rui S
Great teaser photo109. Incredible Beautifull small scale work

Spanjaard
wow, paint looks really good in this flea with wheels 🙂

Gareth Lloyd
It's a masterpiece Jörg. The most beautiful model I've ever seen and thank you for sharing your build diary to show how it was done.

Sebastijan Videc
Awesome fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!

Ethan Flory
One of the best models and dioramas I've ever seen! Great work!!

John Thomas
Very cool

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, a great honor. 😊

Daniel Klink
More than Impressive!! Iam absolute in Awe by what you accomplished and show us here... Wow!!!👍

Curatorm
Awesome 🤩

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you for the great comments.

S B
Das ist mit das beste Star Wars Model, das ich bisher gesehen habe!!! 1A Job, Jörg!!!

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank für den tollen Kommentar, sebbae.
Vielleicht sehen wir uns ja auf der EME.

DerMattes
Fantastisch, Meisterwerk trifft es hier tatsächlich!

S B
@Jörg: Würde mich freuen! Ich bin auf jeden Fall da! Beste Grüße

Daniel Klink
Ah EME bin ich auch dabei diesmal. Wäre echt super!

Jörg Schäfer
Klasse, das würde mich sehr freuen wenn wir uns in Lingen sehen. Grüße, Jörg.

Jan Peters
Sehr schön! Most excellent display, very impressive!👏👏👏

Finn
Truly amazing!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you Gentleman.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Die Macht war mit dir, Padavan Jörg, tolles Dio 👍

CaptGPF
Wunderbar! Amazing! Wow! Guttentag! OK, my German sucks, so I will put this in words everyone understands…
❤️❤️❤️❤️
🫡
😍
👏

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you both very much. Your German isn't that bad after all CaptGPF. 😉

Gary Kitchen
This is just insanely beautiful and has been a treat to watch. Thanks for sharing. 👍

Michael .
This is amazing... Fantastic work.

Not to take away from this work, any chance you could do an album of your workbench and work area. I need ideas. LOL...

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you and it was a pleasure to share.
Michael, look here:
Baubericht | Album by madtatt (1:72)

Cliff Kidd
Congrats on a great build!

James C
Very impressive work! 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you both.

Christian Lehmann
👍

scaleffect
Impressive. Most impressive.

Robert
well done...

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks. 😊

Maciej Bellos
Fantastic work. AWESOME!

Marius
Masterpiece!!!

Jörg Schäfer
Thanks for the great comments.

Starbase101
Museum quality build. I've been quietly watching this from the beginning and you've done a fantastic job. ILM would be impressed, most impressed.

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you for your appreciation.

Michael Kohl
I truly admire your perseverance for these epic builds. Impessive result here too with tons of details to be detected. The whole ensemble looks very convincing. Stunning indeed.

scalemates
Stunning!

Dave Smith
Incredible !!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, you three. 😊

Jennifer Franklin
It's a beautiful old hunk of junk. I can hear the Wookie and Han arguing as they fly.

Jörg Schäfer
😂👍

Landlubber Mike
One of the best models I've seen - amazing work Jorg! The Force is certainly with you!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you Mike, very kind. The force helped me a lot during the construction. 😄

Rui S
Excelent work 👍

Spanjaard
certainly a one of a kind. most people would be happy with just the (fantastic) Falcon, but you went a few lightyears further adding a screen realistic base, wow!!!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you both.
Since the included stand from Bandai was really poor for the price of the kit, an alternative had to be found and this is the result, Spanjaard. 😉

Gary Victory
Wonderful work Jörg... a real labour of love.

David Taylor
Worth the wait.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super geworden! Awesom work! 👏🏻

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you All. 😊

Jörg Schäfer
Unfortunately, I have to deliver the sad news that I won't be able to take part in this year's EME.
My wife is having surgery on Friday before mass and I find myself unable to leave her alone. 😪

Michael .
Prayers for your wife's swift recovery..

Spanjaard
my best wishes for a quick and full recovery!!

Jörg Schäfer
Thanks so much.
I'm annoyed that we won't meet at the EME now,

Spanjaard
maybe next time. family goes certainly before anything else. I had almost the same situation last November.

CaptGPF
It is a mark of a good and happy marriage when one cannot leave their better half at their time of need. I agree with Spanjaard - there will be another EME, but the chance to be with our better half and nurse them back to health is more important…
…and will buy you more brownie points when you need to take time away for your next masterpiece (or add to your ever-growing stash!). Hope all goes well with the surgery and recovery!

Jörg Schäfer
That's so nice, friends.
My wife would like to send you a heartfelt thank you for your concern.

And Spanjaard, I hope everything is well again for you too.

I think I'll stock up on the ever-growing stash, CaptGPF.

Spanjaard
yes all ok, thanks!

Neuling
Alles Gute auch von mir!

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank Neuling.

Jennifer Franklin
I hope your wife's surgery goes well.

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you Jennifer. 🙌

Mr James
Well, I also have to add, that this is the best model that I've seen. The level of detail is astounding..! It's been a real pleasure watching it flourish into this movie quality example of the Falcon.
My best wishes for you and your wife Jörg . I wish her a speedy recovery.

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much Mr James. It was such a pleasure for me to share this project with you.
I will pass these wishes on to my wife, she will be very happy.

Neuling
I forgot to say: this build is a masterpiece.

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks, Neuling. 😊

Julien
Stunning work and paint job!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you for your great comment Julian. This year I will make a new attempt with the Falcon and visit the EME.

Spanjaard
and I will miss the chance to see it 🙁 since I will not be able to be in EME this year......

Kenneth
42-451 is the aircraft for which markings are provided in the kit

Kenneth
Lateral and lower camera ports added by drilling out the required holes, attaching masking tape to a piece of clear plastic, punching out the transparencies and fixing them from the inside with Kristal Klear

Kenneth
Struggling a bit with the cockpit; the part constituting the rudder pedal assembly is too short, and the very small pictures in the instructions not very helpful either…

Nicolas
Intresting, watching.

Moreno Baruffini
Watching too!

Kenneth
Thank you for your interest, Nicolas and Moreno. More progress photos next week….

J35J
Great start! Taking a chair

Kenneth
Tack så mycket 👍

Kenneth
Additional information: Frowned upon by many, I use Revell Aqua paints and like them. Unfortunately, the range is not very complete. My imitation of RAF Interior Green is Revell Aqua Olive Green toned down with White. I'm quite pleased with the result (comes across a bit dark in the photos).

bughunter
You wrote in the project description: "The shape of the „1" in the serial number is wrong." What is the height of the number? Should I try to cut masks?

Jennifer Franklin
Following 👀

Kenneth
Thanks, I may get back to you. It's 5 mm high. They cut off the upper right-hand corner of the „1" so that it is angled at 45 deg. It should be a 90 deg angle. I'm contemplating „repairing" that corner it with small section of a white stripe from TL Decals. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it …

bughunter
Hmm, 5mm is very small for a cutting plotter. Could be tried but I cannot promise anything. Maybe your decal solution will work better.

Kenneth
Yes, I have my doubts too, having seen what plotters can do. We will see, but many thanks for the offer nonetheless.

Nicolas
Don't worry about your speed Kenneth. There is no deadline. All that matters is that you are satisfied with the result and enjoy the time spend. BTW, you are much faster than I am.
So far it's locking very nice.

Jennifer Franklin
I don't think speed is necessarily the goal Kenneth. You are also faster than me. I hope you are enjoying yourself and, as Nicolas said, that you are happy with your result. It's looking good so far.

Kenneth
Many thanks, Nicolas and Jennifer! I'm definitely enjoying myself, and am pleased with the resutls!

Moreno Baruffini
I can only say that I totally agree with the above! Looking good 👍

Kenneth
Many thanks, Moreno!

Gordon Sørensen
Nice looking cockpit! I built the Mk.X boxing and wondered the same thing about the floor/bulkhead fit… I probably have some spare Stoppel decals if you need a '1'.

Kenneth
Tak, Gordon 🇩🇰!

Kenneth
Another accuracy issue with the kit, which I only realised lately, is the rear cockpit bulkhead. Seems that KP retained the solid bulkhead from the (pressurized) PR Mk. X, which is incorrect for the (unpressurized) PR Mk. XI. Oh well 🙄

Moreno Baruffini
Great to see you again working on this...And... Thanks for the last comment, I never heard about this issue...

bughunter
It's good that the break is over!
I think the little metal marks are ok considering that this is much smaller in real.

Kenneth
👍 Frank

Moreno Baruffini
I agree with bughunter 👍🏼

Gordon Sørensen
The chipping looks good, athough I would add a bit more to the bottom of the fuselage-side camera panel. From the pics I have seen, it looks like there is a lot of wear from loading and removing the cameras. I haven't tried the AK pencils, but have used the Prismacolour Silver before.
How do you like the PeeWit masks?

Kenneth
Thanks everyone. The masks were fine, haven't used those for the wheels yet though.

Skyhiker
Looks like someone is having a good time.

Jennifer Franklin
I am sorry the decals are a mess; they still look good.

Kenneth
Thank you, Jenny 👍

bughunter
The model has already evolved a lot!
Too bad, the white of the decals is hardly recognizable on the light blue sheet, otherwise they could have been cut out along the red.

Kenneth
That's exactly the issue!

Moreno Baruffini
I like it!

Skyhiker
Congratulations

bughunter
Nice to see it finished 👍

Stuart Fowle
Great looking build. Nice to see a Cold War Spitfire.

Nicolas
Looks good. 👍

Jennifer Franklin
It's a beauty, lovely work.

bughunter
The first one of the three new pics is the best 👍 The second one is a bit on the bright side.
Nice result!

J35J
Turn out really great! Lovely build👍🏻

Bas Tonn
Nice build !! Good to see the pictures from the start

Chrisswe
Very nice! Didn't know the Danes had spitfires.

Kenneth
@Chrisswe , many thanks; indeed they did, 38 HF Mk. IXe and 3 PR Mk. XI in the period 1947-1955.

And also thank you to everybody else for the nice comments 👍

Spanjaard
very nice spitfire.
in regards to using turpentine, that you said you may use next time, I suggest testing in some old model before trying in a almost finish one... I did used it (maybe used too much since I was using oils for weathering) and the model started to break in some points, it was not a pretty experience, I can tell you that.....

gorby
Brilliant!

Rui S
Yap, as usual 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Excelent👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you mates!

Spanjaard
love it.

Yngve N
There's no limit for what you can see in and then make from garbage, is it? 😮 kit makers would go bankrupt if the rest of us could do even half of what you do

Robert Podkoński
Awesome!

Dieter Bihlmaier
@Yngve N:
My intention was never to let model companies go bankrupt 😉 Thank's for the friendly comments!

Alec K
World needs more plastic recyclerers of your kind! Outstanding work 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Alec !

Thomas Espe
Wow, awesome!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Thomas !

Ben M
Beautiful result! The winter camo is fantastic

Rui S
Great white wash, indeed 👍 Nice photos too 🤔

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank's mates ! This is more or less a SOB build from a not so great model. The color makes the difference.

gorby
Nice work!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you gorby !

Rui S
wOW. This one it's a diferent beauty from your SF scratch work. I like it a Lot. 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Rui ! Sometimes you have to build realistic models 😉

Neuling
Top build and fantastic photos!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Neuling !

Robert Podkoński
That's a great idea!

Spanjaard
interesting, I am in

Skyhiker
Ok that all for tonight. Pretty good for one day.

bughunter
Sweet 👍
Reminds me of the real one, still trying to collect data. In the loneliness there, far out ...

Thomas Espe
Nice! 👀

Jennifer Franklin
Oooohhhh... I am following. What are the rotor hubs for? Aren't they used in wind turbines?

Skyhiker
Welcome Jennifer, the propeller blades will be connected to the hubs once I get them finished.

Живко Джаков
Incredible idea! This device is a first in many things. Starting with the fact that it is the first time something like this has flown to another planet. Who knows, this is a planet inhabited only by robots. The last interesting thing is that his disaster is the first one investigated on another planet. I look forward to seeing the finished model..

gorby
Looks interesting. 🙂

Skyhiker
Живко Джаков these are exactly the reasons why I decided to try and make this model.

Skyhiker
Worked on the rotor blades today. Still more to do on them.

Skyhiker
Working further on the contra-rotating propellers today.

Skyhiker
I'm not sure I can fit all the parts to make it accurate. It's very small.

Jennifer Franklin
It's so small

Skyhiker
Yes, at 1:72 scale it is less than a centimeter tall and the propellers are about 2cm wide in total.

Skyhiker
I had a real scare when I was priming the model today and it flew out of my tweezers. I couldn't find it anywhere and it took a half an hour before I saw it stuck to my sock! Lucky nothing got broken.

bughunter
Nice progress on this little heli 👍 Do you find pictures for the coloring?

Skyhiker
Hi bughunter, yes there seems to be enough photos around but the drone went through several redesigns before it went to Mars. For example the foil was gold for a while. The rotor blades' nubs were both pointing up at one point. Little things like the feet changed and the size of the battery and solar panel. I always have to go back and check the Mars mission photos to make sure what I am doing is correct.

Skyhiker
I'm very close to having this done. Let's hope no catastrophes happen before it is mounted and framed.

Живко Джаков
It won't be a precedent. As we've already commented, NASA crashed, so this won't be the end of the project 🙂. And one question. Where did you get your Martian soil from? Isn't the source of the survini too far away?

Skyhiker
Ok. After a few last minute repairs, of course I knocked off two propellers and the antenna while mounting it to the diorama, I 've finished this.

gorby
Very nice work! The last photo made me laugh.

Skyhiker
I'd like to have better photos but it's so small the camera on my phone can't do it justice.

Skyhiker
Thanks gorby. This is by far the smallest model I have ever made. I'm pretty happy with the results considering it's a scratch build and I don't have any special tools to do micro surgery.

Robert Podkoński
Chapeau bas! Fantastic work.

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

Rui S
I agree 👍

Alex K
I silently followed this right from the start - and now it's time for respects and congrats - for a number of reasons: for the choice of the inspirational topic, for sticking to 1:72 scale, for the implementation and the final result in scratch... Two thumbs up! 👍 👍

Skyhiker
Thanks guys. It's nice to have another one of a kind in my collection.

Guy Rump
Very nice! 👍

Spanjaard
wow congratulations, fantastic result

Jennifer Franklin
Love the martian in orange. Beautiful result and astounding given the scale.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, what a tiny job. I might have lose it while trying the assembly 😄

Michael Kohl
Alex K nailed it.

Skyhiker
Thanks guys. Now I am considering doing an even smaller model: I might make the Sputnik satellite in 1:72 scale, it would only be 8 mm!

Skyhiker
After doing further research I realized that the Sputnik satellite in 1:72 scale, would be bigger than this. Only the ball is 8 mm but with the antennas it would be bigger.

Skyhiker
I framed this up today

Spanjaard
cool frame!

Skyhiker
It took me several hours to make the frame into a box frame. I think it worked out, black seemed appropriate.

bughunter
The frame is the cherry on the cake of this nice little scratch project 👍

Skyhiker
Thanks bughunter

Maciej Bellos
Fantastic!

Patrick Hagelstein
I really like the way you framed it! 🖼️

Ben M
That looks great!

Jennifer Franklin
I love the frame. Did you start with a regular frame, or is that something special?

Живко Джаков
Great model. It was a pleasure to follow its creation.

Skyhiker
Jennifer, I bought a cheap metal frame for 3 euros. To extend the depth of the frame I made an outer box out of 3mm MDF sheeting that someone was throwing away. Then I made an inner box out of MDF to hold the model. The middle between the two boxes is filled with cardboard for support. After I hot glued this all together I printed images of the Mars surface which I designed on the computer and the label so people will know what they are looking at. The black matt I cut out of paper. The front of the frame slides up if I ever need access to the model, which I may, because I will probably fill the gaps at the base of the model with sand since those black lines on the sides annoy me.

Finn
Awesome, a gem!

Jennifer Franklin
It looks better than store-bought Skyhiker. It came out perfectly.

Finn
What scale would you say it is?

Живко Джаков
1:72

Jan Peters
HMS Tonijn is currently on display at the excellent Dutch Navy museum in Den Helder.
The museum is well worth a visit, one day is not nearly enough to see everything on display.

Jörg Schäfer
The museum is definitely still on my agenda.

Jan Peters
Made a start on this one.
This is my first 1/350 scale model, being relatively simple, I thought it would be an ideal kit to get a feel for the scale.

Ben M
👁️👁️

Jan Peters
Welcome Ben 🙂

Spanjaard
nice museum indeed, looking forward your Tonijn 🙂

Ben M
My dad served on the dolfijn.

Jan Peters
Welcome Spanjaard!

@ Ben, that's something to be proud of. Have you ever build his ship too?

Ben M
Nope. I was unaware it existed.

Jan Peters
You do now😉
It comes with decals for Dolfijn as well.

Ben M
I'm not sure I could do it justice, but I'll enjoy watching your build! 😀

Jan Peters
More work done, added the dive planes and the scratch build drive shafts/ screws

gorby
Excellent work so far.

Jan Peters
Cheers Gorby, its nowhere near your wizard like scratch building.

Thomas Espe
👀

Jan Peters
Almost ready for paint 🙂

Jan Peters
Back in black 🙂

Jan Peters
Working on the decals 🙂

Jan Peters
Weathering in progress.
Black on black is very hard to catch on camera

Sebastian Meyner
Black is beautiful 😉 Great work so far Jan 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Sebastian 🙏🏻
I'm calling it done now.

gorby
Looks good, although the black and the lighting make it difficult to make out the details.

Spanjaard
i agree with Gorby

Jan Peters
You're right Gorby, I have tried many different ways to get it on camera, but I always get the same result. It is like a black hole, sucking in all the light.

gorby
Maybe paint the next one pink. 😄

Jan Peters
😄😄
A yellow submarine maybe, as the Beatles used to sing 🙂

Jan Peters
I just found out I forgot to add the flag, so it is neeeeaarly done 👍🏻

Spanjaard
i agree with Gorby

George Williams
Nice work.

Hovercraft
Декали в Кореле сам рисовал?

Nicolas
👀

Alec K
Nice progress. Following 👍

Alberto
Nice progress, watching 👀

Mike Volkov
Unfortunately I realized too late that Trumpeter had reversed the colors. 😫 So I sanded down my current work and re-primed it.

Mike Volkov
I sanded off the faulty green paint, then sprayed the entire top of the P-40 with Tamiya XF-52 brown enamel, then applied a fade pattern of Mr. Hobby H44 pale brown paint using a sponge.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Alec K
Rotten luck with the camo. Although I recall reading that the AVG aircraft camo was unique to each aircraft. Great recovery 👍

Mike Volkov
The painting is unique, but broadly similar. I was mainly looking for the painting of No.46.

Felix
Not to mention the wing😭

Nicolas
Following. Nice to see that you got spare parts.

Felix
Dear Nicolas
Thanks! Yes, happy and excited. It did take them a month BUT they told me so from the beginning and i got all the parts. Very happy with this kit so far. What do you think of the interior yellow green?

Nicolas
Hey Felix, a very promising start. Unfortunately I can't give you any tips on the interior color, I only know that with American aircraft it sometimes depends on the factory, as the same type was painted differently in different factories.

Thomas O'Eh
Looking great so far! Any ideas on the markings yet?

Felix
Thank you, Thomas! I am going with the yellow plane from 15 AF. Thinking of paintin the yellow crosses instead of using the decals. And i am a bit worried about the large decals for the nose art.

Kenneth
Following, looks very nice 👍

Thomas Bischoff
enjoy your build - looks great 👍🏻

Felix
@Thomas, danke dir! Eine Woche lange geschliffen, jetzt kommt der eigentliche Spass mit dem Bemalen.

Felix
@Kenneth, thanks a lot! The sanding me took a long time but i really wanted to get it right, it's something i always struggle with.

Edward MacKenzie
Looks great, i am really interested in this build 🙂

Felix
@Edward, i thoroughly recommend it!

Живко Джаков
Following.

boywellum
Great work, can I ask how you went about the weighting? I tried lots of small lead fishing weights with my Airfix Mitchell but ended up having to fill not only the tiny area given but also the room, behind and just below the cockpit, also behind the control panel and part of the room just behind the cockpit, every space I could find. I'm new to building American bombers, all the RAF ones sit on their tail wheel. Do you or any of the people who have commented have any better ideas than lead? I'm really looking forwards to seeing this project develop (especially as I have the kit myself and need all the tips I can get). Thanks Richard. Following.

Tony Tonov
Nice progress, following

Felix
Dear Boywellum
Both the Mitchell and the Liberator require lots of weight. I bought liquid gravity but it's not heavy enough for the space provided. But there is an ladder for the entry door which will serve as a stand. So i have to go with that!

boywellum
Thanks Felix, that is very kind of you, these kits must have been designed with something in mind for them to work with the actual spaces provided but I have never found a definitive answer anywhere. If any other of the contibutors to your most excellent post have any ideas that would be much appreciated. Maybe Airfix expect us to mix some concrete and pour that in 😉 Cheers Felix, BW

Felix
Dear BW, some modellers work with fishing weights or lead? I haven't, unfortunately.

Nicolas
Great progres. 👍
Years ago I build the old Revell /Monogram Liberator in 1/48. I decided to glue some lead at the rear side of the engine firewalls. It helped, but wasn't enoght (I forgot the lead at the nose wheel bay).

Felix
@Nicolas, that must have been a big bird! I struggle to put this 1/72 Liberator into the paintbooth 🙂
I am glad this kit provides a ladder as support. I bought liquid weight for this build but it's not as compact as i hoped it would be and wouldn't do the job with the spaces provided.

Tony Tonov
Hi Felix,
I usually use fishing weights, the lead is more dense and has high specific weight. I fill all available space and fix it with PVA glue.
There are also aftermaket sets for the front interior, casted in white metal and intended to replace the plastic part:
B-24 Liberator Landing Gear ..aft Conversions 72009, 1:72)
This one however is designed for Hasegawa kit and most likely won't fit on Airfix one.
If non of this helps, I add more weight in front of the engine bays. This worked for me on my both Mitchell and He-219 (which btw is notorious tail-sitter kit).

Alberto
Looking great so far, it's very interesting to follow the detailed step-by step updates!

Felix
Thanks a lot Alberto, glad you enjoy my modelling spam 🙂 did you get the kit too?

Alberto
Hi Felix, no, I built the old Liberator Airfix kit a while ago and had similar issues with the nose weight. I ended up using the ladder for the back door too 😄

Pacific Strafer
Hi Felix, I built the Hasegawa Liberator kit same years ago. I built a box in the nose of the plane around the nose gear and filled the entire space with lead shot. I also glued some lead sheets into the hidden area of the radio operator's room. You can find pictures of this in this report -> modellversium.de/gal..d=8276&origin=mb

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

Felix
Dear Tony, Alberto, Pacific Strafer and Martin, thanks a lot for all the nice comments and advice regarding weight! With this build i will have to go with the ladder in the rear section, it is what it is.
To be honest, i think i should have done a flying Liberator. She just looks great that way, like on the boxart. But there are no figures provided!

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Alec K
Little late to the party… nice build, despite the challenges and a kit that clearly failed Airfix's quality control inspection.

Felix
Dear Jennifer and Alec, happy to have you onboard…it's never too late to party!🙂 Having lots of fun with this kit!

Alec K
Wondering if your yellow issue can be fixed by laying down pink, then another coat of Humbrol 24?

Tony Tonov
@Alec K, indeed, I usually underspray the yellow areas with pink, when I am looking for a warmer shade of the yellow.

@Felix, if you can mask the areas safely, I'd recommend to spray light layer of pink and then yellow. There are no decals there, aren't they?

Felix
Dear @Alec K and @Tony, thank you for your advice and help! I would overspray the yellow areas, but what about the number? They will pop out all the more.
@Tony, there is no decal for large upper area in yellow, unfortunately.

Tony Tonov
@Felix, you may leave the tail fins as they are. Do overspray only over the horizontal stabilizer. With this pink base you would target to match the "paint" yellow color with "decal" yellow.

Alec K
👍 as Tony said. If you are worried about loosing your preshading, you could apply it over the pink, before applying the yellow again. Or even between final yellow coats 👍.
Should be easy to mask off again, I think?

Felix
I call this one done! Thank you all for your support and kind feedback!🤗

Alec K
Turned out excellent mate 👍

Felix
Thanks a lot, @Alec K!

Nicolas
A very nice result, congrats. 👍

Felix
Thank you very much, @Nicolas!

Lost_Erik
Fabulous build. Looks great ! 👍

Felix
Merci @Lost_Erik, the kit is of great quality, that certainly helps!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

S M
Thanks, Grumpy!

Finn
Guy's right, I'm in

J35J
I'm in too👍🏻

S M
Welcome mates! 😄

J R
Its looking good love digital camo

S M
Thanks, Joseph! 😄 I started designing the camo last year using some online camo generator, but it seems the website is no longer active.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 Crisp camo pattern!

Robert Podkoński
Great idea! Taking a seat.

S M
Welcome, WhiteGlint and Podkon!

Neil
Me too! 😁

S M
Welcome, Neil! 😄

S M
After a short pause this is continuing. Hopefully I get this ready before December.

Cristian A
Following

DerMattes
Great build so far. 👍
Sadly Air-Graphic models seems to have no quality check for their 3d prints or they do not care. Not a fan.

Nicolas
Joining

S M
Welcome, mates!

S M
The What-if Hornet is now ready!

Cristian A
Great result, job well done!

Rui S
Excellent work. SLAVA UKRAINE 👍

Mark
❤️️ ❤️️ ❤️️❤️️

Nicolas
👍

S M
Thanks, mates! 😄

Mr D
Very nice 😃✌️

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Neuling
Very beautiful indeed!

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
top idea

Guy Rump
Lovely build! 👍

Neil
💯 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Crisp camo pattern and nicely weathered too. Great! 👍

J35J
Excellent result! 👍🏻

Nicolas Lopez
It was such a pleasure to see this model in person. 👍😎

S M
Thanks, Nicolas! 😄

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
wonderfull !

Lost_Erik
Fantastic. I love the underside colour choices.

S M
Thanks, Lost_Erik! I can see why 😁

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

S B
Thanks for following, Guy. 🙏 Cheers!

Desert Marlin
Looks great! Great base for the final scheme!

Desert Marlin
I used to live just to the left of that picture toward the base of that mountain! I remember when this one came out of the yard! It was a big day. Sad, but good to see it leaving the yard!

Desert Marlin
This really is a challenge!

S B
Hello Desert Marlin, thank you for your comments and your constant support here. I hope, I chose the right colors and techniques for this scheme. I haven't done anything like this before, so this is a absolutely first for me. I have some good ideas how to do this, but if it'll work out - I don't know! 😂

Very interesting that you lived just around the corner. The world is a very small place, As far as I know, this picture here was taking in Tucson. Right? But I also have some good references from Mojave, where it was converted into a QRF. Here you'll find the other pictures: flickr.com/photos/ph..s/72157640744823115/

And yes, this is a challange: 😂 Not only painting-wise, but also kit-wise. The RF-4s from Hasegawa seem to have more fit issues than the regular F-4s.

I'll keep you updated on the porgress!

Skyhiker
I like your preshading

Patrick Hagelstein
Very interesting build to follow.

S B
Thank you very much for your comments, Skyhiker and Patrick.

@Skyhiker: Yes, a few builds ago I started to use Uschi van der Rosten's airbrush stencils for preshading more regularly. I had them in my drawer for years, but I never used them. But they save a lot of time and the result is great. And I want to step away from only white preshading. I noticed that I get a better result from the preshading, when I use different colours.

Desert Marlin
Yes, the mountain in the background is the Rincon Mountain on the edge of Tucson, Arizona. The Saguaro National Park (East Campus) is at the base of the mountain. I lived about 2.5 miles from the Park. There is an 8 mile loop in the park that I would ride my bike in. Wonderful place!

Mid Franconian
Great job so far!!

S B
Thanks a lot for your support, Mid Franconian. It's highly appreciated! 👍

tyu
Very nice progress but please don't forget the cockpit modifications and the fin top modifications: [img1] and [img2]

Sergej I
Great job so far 👍

S B
Thank you very much, tyu and Sergej.

@tyu: I know they had no seats when they were flown remote. There actually was a sidewinder warhead in the rear cockpit for self destruction purposes! 🤪
The only pictures I found for 68-599 as a drone, were from Mojave, were she was converted to a drone and still had two seats for the transfer to Tyndall. This is the state I'm building her!

Here are the pictures: flickr.com/photos/ph..s/72157640744823115/

tyu
Hi Sb,
I was referring to the extra QF items (the big flip switch board) in the front cockpit, not the empty seat(s). And your pictures from Flickr show the required tail fin modifications.

tyu
And I forgot to mention the required wingtip modifications as also visible in you Flickr images.

S B
Thanks for the advice, tyu. I plan is to scratchbuild these parts later. When I glue them on already, I know I will break them probably several times until I finish the model. 😂

S B
@tyu: And thank you by the way for the picture of the cockpit. It's the first time that I've seen this flip switch board. I wasn't planning on that until now!

tyu
You are welcome S B, and I understand leaving off certain items for a more easy build. The conical shaped rear fin top fairing or wing tip mods would not be the one included on that list if it would be mine: no chance to break that IMHO. You have the non-QF shaped rear fairing depicted at the moment. The QF one is circular as visible in your Flickr album with a flat round rear-end, yours (as currently depicted) has flattened sides and a tapered rear-end. And there is that circular horizontal antenna to the front of the fin cap that is missing on your build as well at the moment. The devil is in the details. For a good representation please have a look at the (sadly now defunct) BAM Models items for a QF-4E: BAM48096E. Please note that some items in this set are not required for your build. Front IP, intake- and wing tip mods and fin tip would be correct though.

gorby
Nice idea. Interested to see how it'll turn out.

S M
This is so awesome and cute! I want one of these eggy Triebflügels when I get a 3D-printer for myself.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Erik Off
Great work! 👍
But I would probably replace the thin landing gear strut with a metal-rod. Because I don't think the resin-strut will survive for long.

Nathan Dempsey
Very cool! A TriEggFlügel…

Tino Löffler
Moin Erik, that's a good tip. I will modify the side wheels accordingly.

Mark Sherwood
Eggflugel! 👍. . . . . . . Crap! Just seen Mr Dempsey's evocation. Ah. エッグフルーゲル

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Very cool Eggi 👍😍

S M
すごい たまごひこーき！ <3

Rui S
I'm in 😎 no pressure 😄

Piotr Puchowski
Hello regular guest 🙂

Rui S
Hey 🙂 Yap, always ready to learn and enjoy great builds 👍

Piotr Puchowski
Don't be so modest - I've seen your galleries... It's a shame you haven't posted anything for so long... ☹️

Rui S
Not modest but interested.
Well, I had some rough time for the last couple months and to work a lot, but recently I've done some model work, but its not posted yet. I've build the trailer for my 10 ton Afrika korps halftrack; a dog and a figure, but they all need more paint work, and yes everybody knows I'm a slow modeller, I don't hide it, but I expect to return to the bench soon.

Pepe
Looking

Kenneth
Following 😎

George Williams
Coming along nicely, I see you've changed the wings.

George Williams
Coming along nicely, I see you've changed the wings.

Kenneth
Looks nice 👍 I only build aircraft models, but have been thinking about getting this kit and doing something similar, namely build it in the red/aluminium colours of my 1:1 1996 Caterham (which also has cycle wings).

Paul Stubbs
I really should do the proper wings but I'm not sure how I could make them. I have ordered proper bucket seats and belts though and will replicate the roll hoop and braces of my original 🥰. Just a bit of fun really as I sold the car about 10 years ago.

Bozzer
Paul, I'd look at motorcycle mudguards/fenders and see if you can get something similar? Maybe even 3d printed?
Just a thought mate.

Bozzer
The mudguards on this might be suitable?
There's always more than one way, to skin a cat 😉

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

Mark
👀

Dave Flitton
Quirky! I like!

Torsten
The beginning, the supports are only put together, a gluing comes next. The kit is ABS and requires special glue, I will use Tamiya

Torsten
THX for the likes Villiers and Robert 🙂

Torsten
THX for the like Dash 🙂

Torsten
THX for the like Vincent 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
A movie star? Watching with interest 🙂

Torsten
Thanks Bruce, also for the like 🙂

Torsten
THX for the likes S M and James 🙂

Torsten
THX for the like Kaz 🙂

Thomas Espe
👀

Torsten
Welcome Thomas and THX for the like 🙂

Torsten
THX for the like Marcel 🙂

Greg Baker
I don't know what that is, but I like it. I'm also a little bit scared of all the pointy ends. Make sure you wear eye protection!

Torsten
Thank you Greg 🙂

The tips of the model are indeed not without, I have already drilled a tip into my finger 😄

The original model is from a DEFA movie of the 60s. It is about an expedition to Venus, on which the crew finds out that the civilization there has wiped itself out by an atomic catastrophe. The film can also be seen in the context of the Cold War. You can read more here ==>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Star

Skyhiker
I love this spaceship. Such a cool design.

Torsten
Thank you 🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

Torsten
Welcome Robin and thanks for the like 🙂

Torsten
After a forced break, my order for a spaceship for a small movie was renewed. However, the model is to have a different color than the original from the film. The base color is Tamiya TS-14 from the spray can. The final coat will be a color from Vallejo's Colorshift series, 72.014 Old Gold Grey Violet, as you can see in the last picture. This is needed for effects in the shots.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Jörg Schäfer
I am looking.

Skyhiker
Still wicked

Nicolas
Very interesting, I'll follow. Good luck with the canopy.

Skyhiker
Thanks Nicolas, the canopy will be a challenge. I sanded out the blemishes on the kit part but there are stress fractures and a crack going through it. I'll have to see if I can vacuform it but there is a ball turret behind it that would be a different thickness and I doubt I could vacuform a ball turret.

Dave Flitton
I have this kit (with extra parts), I hope this turns out well!

Skyhiker
Welcome Dave. So far I like the kit.

Skyhiker
After putting the ball turret together I realized that it would be very risky and way too much work to try and vacuform it. So it looks like I will have to use the damaged canopy because I don't want to mix and match glazing thickness.

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting kit, way better looking than I thought. But the transparencies are a bummer indeed

Skyhiker
I only paid 5 euros for it so I guess I can't complain when the canopy is a mess. I bought someone's entire stash and it was one of the kits in there. Hopefully after it's painted it won't be too bad.

Cuajete
I always had in mind to buy this kit, but I forgot about it because I think it has some problem or difficulty (maybe those transparent parts? 🤔). I hope for a better tool in the future.

Well done so far.
Following!

Air no
Très bel avion, merci et félicitations à toi !!

Skyhiker
Thanks Air no. It's really an interesting early war bird. The turret is pretty cool.

Naram
the canopy.... I have I think 2 my stash from ICM I do not dare to go and check....

Cuajete
Nice color base 👍

Skyhiker
Touch of weathering done today.

Naram
Look very good !

★ Starfish ★
Love that chipping!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Skyhiker
Bit more progress today

Skyhiker
Decal adventures

Kenneth
Sorry to see that; what combination of paint and setting solution resulted in this?

Skyhiker
3rd generation paint and varnish with Mr. Mark Softer. The decals were shit and I probably used too much solution. I ended up having to brush paint over the decals and problem areas.

Michael Kohl
I my eyes one of the most beautiful cars ever build. A beautiful model too.

John E
Wow. Beautiful work!

Neuling
Very nice work! 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
beautiful!

George Williams
A beautiful car indeed, and you've made a great model from the Revell kit.

Hovercraft
Красотка

Stephan Ryll
Looking very nice 👍

Khashayar Joulai
Nice 👌

Tini Hendriks
Clean build, nice background too 💪🏼

Hovercraft
Мечта поэта

Mr D
Very nice 👍👍

Cuajete
I agree 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant duo, love the markings on 6-10 👍

Cuajete
Very nice couple.
Congrats!

Mr D
Very nice pair of models 👍
I love the way A-modle do there XL panel lines really adds Depth to the Wing's
Congratulations 🎉

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work

Guy Rump
Great pair of 109s. 👍

Erik Leijdens
Great set Denis

Hovercraft
С пивом красивее

Hovercraft
Хочу себе такой в коллекцию

Hovercraft
Прикольная шляпа

William Joel
1st thought - WOW. Neat camo, base, and photo background. Well done. The camo - how did you do it?

Denis Dogadov
Thanks!
Camouflage is a decal from Eduard.

William Joel
Ah, thank you.

Neuling
Looks good!

Hovercraft
Классный итальянец

Thomas Kolb
Very clean and neat build! I like this a lot!

Олег О
Здорово! Сам хочу такой собрать. У этой модели складываются крылья?

Denis Dogadov
Да, крыло можно сложить.
Италери не рекомендую, поищи что-то другое, посвежей, Фуджими или Трумпетер.

André Knippenberg
Nice build!

Neuling
Yes!

Hovercraft
Нарушитель форева. Кто в курсе, тот знает